People I Have Lost

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Monday September 11, 2006 · 3:26 PM PDT

2006/09/11 · 15:26

I posted this a year ago, and have reread it several times since then. Last year, 9/11 was kind of overshadowed by the aftermath of Katrina, but this diary is one that I poured alot of myself into. Nothing has changed - the loss of people close to our hearts is permanent, painful, and unwavering. So, forget the rules, I'm putting this up again as a tribute to those closest to me who I've lost:

9/11 will always be a day of remembering the people who lost their lives that tragic day. Through whatever fortune, I did not lose anyone personally that day, although I know some people who were in the shadow of the Towers when the planes struck. This date now triggers in me strong memories of all of the people in my life who I have lost, and how those people have shaped me into the person that I am today. I hope to share with you a few of those people, and maybe hear from some of you about lost loved ones who have shifted the path of your life as well. Read More

CrashingTheStates - Join Us, Here's How! (Overdue Update)

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Sunday September 10, 2006 · 2:15 PM PDT

2006/09/10 · 14:15

The CrashingTheStates Project begins in a few short days, and there are exciting developments and events falling into place! Aside from our incredible twenty netroots candidates who we will be meeting along the campaign trail, several big names have also agreed to take part. Exact times are still being worked out, but Reality Bites Back and Hekebolos will be meeting Russ Feingold, Harry Reid, John Conyers, John Kerry, Louise Slaughter, and Brad Miller among others. Some of the Bloggers we have lined up include Kos, Jerome Armstrong, Chris Bowers, Joe Trippi and a slew of local bloggers you will hear more about as this project unfolds. And it's not too late - YOU can still be a part of this!!!

But you have to keep reading...

(oh, and please consider throwing a recommend to support the guys and get this info up in front of the masses - it would be a BIG help as we get underway) Read More

CrashingTheStates - A Netroots Project Update!!

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Wednesday August 30, 2006 · 4:28 AM PDT

2006/08/30 · 04:28

In case you are unaware, I'm here to make sure that as many Kossacks as possible are getting excited about the upcoming CrashingTheStates Project. Both Hekebolos and Reality Bites Back are busting their ASSES to get this project together. They are making amazing connections with campaigns across the country, along with some high profile politicians and bloggers who must remain unnamed at this time. I have tricked them into letting me into their inner circle, so I assure you that this project is going to be MUCH larger than than you can even imagine. Preparations here in LA are going SWIMMINGLY! No, REALLY!!

SO, now that I've lured you in with my catchy and fantastical introductory paragraph, let me explain below how you can assist us in making this the biggest netroots success since YearlyKos! (OK, so excuse my enthusiasm, RealityBitesBack has enough to be almost PANDEMICALLY contagious!) Read More

More on an Impending Credit Nightmare (w/phone numbers!)

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Thursday June 15, 2006 · 4:53 AM PDT

2006/06/15 · 04:53

Yesterday, I cobbled together a diary on H.R. 3997: Financial Data Protection Act of 2006 which will make it impossible for Credit Card Holders to freeze their accounts in the event of identity theft until they have already incurred a "significant loss". It also goes to great lengths to protect "consumer reporter" companies from liability in the event of their causing informational breaches. It also lowers standards by which a "consumer reporter" will be compelled to notify the affected individuals of possible security breaches.

The bill defines a "consumer reporter" as

"any entity which regularly engages in assembling or evaluating consumer financial file and consumer reports to furnish consumer reports to third parties or to provide payment for products and services, or for employment purposes."

The House version is sponsored by Steve LaTourette(R-OH). There is also a Senate version sponsored by - SIGH - one of our own - Thomas Carper(D-DE). They may be coming up for a vote within the week.

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Republicans to Allow Equifax to Screw Us All

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Wednesday June 14, 2006 · 12:26 AM PDT

2006/06/14 · 00:26

If this is old news, let me know immediatlely, and I shall gracefully delete this. On the front page of the online USAToday (I know, lousy paper), there is an article about a new Republican Bill to pass a federalized standard for the freezing of personal credit lines. Instead of being able to simply freeze ones credit in the event that identity theft is feared, one would have to PROVE that a loss had occurred.

"It's like telling someone you can't put a deadbolt on your front door until after you've been burglarized," says Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna.

Here's a letter dated months ago imploring Congress to rethink the bill.

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Blogs for Bush: Their TOTALLY Fabricated Bullsh*t Rebuttal

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Friday September 30, 2005 · 10:26 AM PDT

2005/09/30 · 10:26

(From the diaries. Funny when Bush's internet minions take their cues from the least truthful administration in history -- kos)

After reading Hunter's AMAZING rant on the front page, I followed up by reading the original Blogs for Bush entry along with reader's comments. It's a dark world over there, with alot of back slapping for who delivers the ugliest anti-Democrat one liner. Nothing more shocking than would be expected. But then I looked up a bit at Noonan's response to Hunter's response, and got a bit queasy.

Noonan has listed some UGLY comments that he supposedly culled from responses to Hunter's diary. Problem is, I skimmed ALL of the responses, and found none of them. I looked in Hidden Comments, I even tried to search the comments of the User's he cited. Only one of them even existed, and he had no comments listed on his user page. Read More

Katrina and Hillary and Jessica and 2006

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Tuesday September 20, 2005 · 2:58 PM PDT

2005/09/20 · 14:58

I've enjoyed all the diaries here about the inevitable collapse of Bushco because of Hurricane Katrina mismanagement. I just don't believe this will happen. Politics is a soap opera, and just because their hero was a failure in this incident, that fact will not lead them to abandon him in favor of the enemy. The enemy on the Right Wing Soap Opera of America is, of course, us - the Democrats. FoxNews puts Hillary Clinton at the heart of what Democrats stand for, and fair or not, she is hated on their side. Bushco and their Media Minions are still busily building stories to use against us in 2006, downplaying failures in favor of proving that Democrats are out of touch. My 30 Day OReilly Diet showed me exactly how and why we are seen as "out of touch," and no issue is more obviously being ignored by the Left than Jessica's Law.

I want to share a bit of my hard earned insight with you all under the cut - Read More

People I Have Lost

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Monday September 12, 2005 · 1:36 AM PDT

2005/09/12 · 01:36

30 Days, A Month of OReilly Summarized

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Thursday September 01, 2005 · 7:13 AM PDT

2005/09/01 · 07:13

I finished my 30 Day Experiment in Ignorance on August 30th, and actually skimmed over a bit of REAL news yesterday! What a relief, but I did not truly catch up as work ate up the majority of my time. That I will fix today. I will then let you know, in yet ANOTHER diary, those news items which were completely absent from my radar as a result of OReilly's bias.

In the meantime, anyone keeping up here will not be at all surprised by the final count of what Bill OReilly spent his on air time discussing. I'm going to put a complete list under the cut, but let me list out the top 3 here, where EVERYONE can see.

TOP THREE OREILLY NEWS STORIES FOR AUGUST:
1) Aruba/Natalee Holloway: 17.9% of airtime, 127 mins, 26 segments
2) Jessica's Law/Child Sex Offenders: 12.6%, 89 mins, 17 segments
3) Cindy Sheehan: 10.7%, 76 minutes, 14 segments

See how out of touch we are at dKos? Anyone here talking about Aruba or Jessica Lunsford? More proof of our blindness below -->
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30 Days of Ignorance, Week 4 Summary!

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Tuesday August 30, 2005 · 12:01 PM PDT

2005/08/30 · 12:01

My Experiment in Ignorance is drawing to a close. Monday's Factor was rightfully pre-empted by the tragedy ongoing in New Orleans. Greta van Sustern was on for the entire hour with live reports shown from many areas of the city. I love New Orleans, and my prayers and monetary donations are going out to everyone affected by the hurricane.

Nonetheless, I am going to carry on here with a summary of Week #4 of The Factor. I've summarized the amount of time OReilly devotes to stories as a measure of the importance of that topic to both him and his viewers. Week One is here, and Weeks 2 & 3 are in fancy chart form here.

I'm going to sum up the whole month of my suffering soon. Then, I'm planning to blitz my mind with dKos and other REALITY based news sources to let you guys know what I've been missing. I cannot WAIT for this part of the experiment! For now, here's Week 4 in review: Read More

30 Days of Ignorance, Day #26

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Sunday August 28, 2005 · 5:01 PM PDT

2005/08/28 · 17:01

Welcome to Friday's summary of The Factor. It's sure to displease. Actually, Mr.Bill is off again this Friday (three in a row now?), and John Gibson took over. This means no "Talking Points" and several replayed segments.

The most insane thing about this episode (sorry for the editorialized descriptor) is that Natalee Holloway anchored THREE full segments totally 17 minutes. WTF? Al Sharpton, Pro-Terrorist Italians, and AHnold's Border Problems also showed up. The replay was of the atrocious-the-first-time segment on Brad Pitt and his female sidekicks - WHO CARES!?

Read on, or I'll find you and send video copies of the shows to you - WITHOUT plain brown wrappers!!: Read More

30 Days of Ignorance, Day #25

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Friday August 26, 2005 · 10:01 AM PDT

2005/08/26 · 10:01

So I'm officially on a Factor Marathon this AM. After yesterday's MOST entertaining segment on Extremists, the follow up had to be less interesting. And it was.

Today we chalk up MAJOR minutes on Jessica's Law. Do not kid yourself, this will be a MAJOR issue in the upcoming elections. I'm hoping that when I come out of my intellectual seclusion that SOMEONE on our side is figuring out a way to counter this upcoming tidal wave before it's already passed us by.

All the rest, including Geraldo Rivera speaking on Natalee Holloway, after the cut: Read More

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